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Creator of ‘Hope’ Poster Abandons Obama
In his 2012 Republican National Convention speech, Rep. Paul Ryan pointed out the stark difference between Obama’s campaign theme and his record. “College graduates should not have to live out their twenties in their childhood bedrooms,” Ryan said, “staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life.”
Despite the truth of Ryan’s statement, the young, enthusiastic and arty stuck with their failed president and now have little to show for it. Today, even the creator of the famous Hope poster has abandoned his once-venerated leader.
Street artist Shepard Fairey told Esquire magazine that President Obama was “not even close” to living up to his hype.
Obama has had a really tough time, but there have been a lot of things that he’s compromised on that I never would have expected. I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought [he’d support]. I’ve met Obama a few times, and I think Obama’s a quality human being, but I think that he finds himself in a position where your actions are largely dictated by things out of your control. I’m not giving him a pass for not being more courageous, but I do think the entire system needs an overhaul and taking money out of politics would be a really good first step.
Perhaps Obama was too busy raising $1.1 billion in 2012 to get around to taking money out of politics.
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Since black women overall voted for Obama 96% to 3%, you would have to be talking about infinitesimal numbers.
You are probably right. I would be interested to know how many of the 3% come from old black married mothers with some college education.
Steve Sailer on the “marriage gap” in 2012.
I’d bet a lot of money against that. I know and work with educated black men and women who are quite conservative in their personal lives and habits… some of them with degrees… but are fanboyishly in love with Barack Obama and fawn over him like Walt Whitman writing a Lincoln poem. He really is their Captain. The support that the vast majority of black voters pledge to the Democrats in general, and black politicians in particular, is basically tribal. There’s no other way to put it. American Jews are largely the same way, and Hispanics and Asians are headed down that same road. Support for the Democrats.. especially a Democrat of their own race… is seen as synonymous with their tribal identity, and being different politically is looked upon with suspicion by the tribe.
Why, taxpayer money of course. Each candidate will get say $50 million with all private fundraising and spending outlawed, that way the race is “fair.”
Also most campaign spending these days goes to buy advertising. After the progressives reinstate the Fairness Doctrine they will simply require every radio and TV station to give away free airtime to candidates as a condition of their FCC license. Naturally all this “free” money and advertising will come with strings attached: candidates will not permitted to spend any of it on statements deemed racist, sexist, homophobic, or Islamophobic.
Of course the Fairness Doctrine will need to be extended to cover web sites as well. If you’re frustrated by the Rico editors’ actions over the past few days, just wait until every flagged post alerts an FCC censor.
Remember the repeated attempts by the Obmamites to set up social media monitoring for reporting “lies” about Obama? (aka, anything not praising Obama) Informants are a key part of totalitarianism
re: #35 Joseph Stanko
I hadn’t thought it through that far, but that all seems logical to me. Well done.